Collapsible decoy



April 1931- E'. w. HUKILL ET AL 1,301,961

COLLAPSIBLE DECOY Filed March 29. 1928 M w 1% EN R5 01mm 4,

Q v BY Wv A TTORNEYJ Patented Apr. 21, 1931 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFIC EARL w. HUKILL AND CHARLES A. BRAUNGEBQOFJMILWAUKEE; WISCONSIN; earn BRAUNGER AssIeNoR" To SAID HUKILL COLLAPSIBLEuDEdOT Application filed March 29,

This invention relates to improvements in collapsible decoys, and more particularly to a light decoy duck which may be collapsed to occupy a minimum amount of space for transportation and storage. v

Decoys now in general use are of a solid wood construction and are therefore bulky V and heavy and inconvenient to transport bled.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide decoy which, if struck by shot, will not sink.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collapsible decoy which is of very simple construction, is inexpensive to manu facture, is strong and durable, and is well adapted for the purposes described With the above andother objects in View, the invention consists of the improved collapsible decoy and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claim, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indlcate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a side View of the improvedcol lapsible decoy duck; V i

2 is a cross-sectional View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view taken online 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. at is a plan view of the decoy, a portion being broken away and shown in section.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that the numeral 6 indicates a float member formed of wood, cork or any other suitable buoyant material 1928. Serial in. 265,751.

and shaped as shown in Fig. .c, with a rounded front end portion and a reduced or tapered rear end portion.

'Detachably secured to opposite side edges of the float memb'crG are a pair of complem'entary half sections 7 and 8 of dished or concave formation, with their outer surfaces suit-ably painted'orenameled to represent a duck or fowl, and preferably formed of aluminum or asimilar light metal. The major portions" ofsaid' half sections 7 and 8 extend upwardly from the float, but there are depending portions 7 and 8 which cover and conceal the float member.

The portions of the half sections which are in engagement with the side portions of the float member are provided with spaced-apart elongated openings 9 and the shank portion .of an eye-screw 10 is extended through each opening 9 and is threaded into the float member 6. Normally, the heads of the screws 10 are turned at right angles to the openings 9. and in this manner the half sections'are detachably secured to the float member.

The upper edge portions of the half sections 7 and S are detachably held together 11 and straps 12. The tongues project from the under-surface of one section, as 7, and enter the straps formed on the under-surface of the other section 8.

The half sections 7 and 8 are further formed with a line of spaced apertures 13 above the float member for the purpose of providing an outlet for Water should it get into the space between the sections and the float member.

It is obvious that the decoy is both light and buoyant and will not be caused to sink should it be struck by a missile. In practice,

at their line of juncture by means of tongues the sections are also parted to separate the sections. A plurality of half-sections may be stacked one within the other and also a plurality of float members may be stacked to ether.

rom the foregoing description, it will be seen that the improved collapsible decoy is of simple and novel construction, and is well adapted for the purposes set forth. in What is claimed as the invention is:

A decoy, comprising a pair of complementary dished, metallic sections, complementary means on the upper edge portions of said sections for releasably joining the same, said 15 sections formin a shell-like body member, and a float mem er within the lower portion of the body member and positioned above the lowermost edge portions of the body member, and means for detachably connectm, ing the body member to said float, said float Ibneember being concealed by said body mem- In testimony whereof, we aflix our signataxes.

EARL W. HUKILL.

CHARLES A. BRAUNGER. 

